Fresh off being installed as the new leadership team of the Republican National Committee on Friday in Houston, Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, the all-but-official GOP nominee, said in an interview that it's a "new dawn" at the committee.
RNC members voted to install Whatley as chair and Lara Trump as co-chair, in addition to Chris LaCivita as chief operating officer. Ronna McDaniel departed as chair on Friday.
In a joint interview with Breitbart, Whatley and Lara Trump said they are "laser-focused" on winning in November up and down the ballot, including flexing their might on election integrity.
"This year, the next eight months, are all about making sure that we win in November," Whatley told Breitbart on Friday. "Everything we do is going to be focused on winning. We are going to have to get out the vote, and we are going to have to protect the ballot. Every dollar we raise and we spend at the RNC is going to be focused on those two missions."
Added Lara Trump, "We are in a bit of new dawn here at the RNC. We're going to bring a lot of people back in to donate — small dollar, large dollar. We're going to be focused on that as well."
And in the process, Donald Trump now has trust and uniformity of thought and strategy embedded in the RNC. Lara Trump is married to Eric Trump, the second son of the former president.
"We are one team. It's not just a team with Lara and I," Whatley told Breitbart. "It's a team between the RNC and the president and his campaign. There is a lot that needs to be done over the course of the next 241 days to make sure we have what we need to win."
Perhaps their biggest effort will be the recruitment and training of "thousands of volunteers across the country and hundreds and thousands of attorneys across the country to make sure we are in the room when the votes are being cast and the votes are being counted," Whatley said.
Whatley also aims to have trained poll watchers.
"These aren't just people who will physically stand in these locations, but they are able to count the ballots and they can handle the ballots so they know how many ballots came in and how many should go out," Lara Trump said. "Nothing is more important than making sure people feel confident that our elections are free and fair and transparent."
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